# Founding Engineer at TraceRoot.AI

- Company: TraceRoot.AI (YC S25)
- What the company does: Open source self-improving layer for AI agents. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://traceroot.ai
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $120K to $220K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2025-11-06
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/traceroot-ai/jobs/xLdkDw5-founding-engineer
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/traceroot-ai-founding-engineer/

## About the role

Talk to users often to deeply understand how to improve TraceRoot’s AI and UX (you can expect to spend 10-20% of your time on support) Ship full-stack features and build the foundational building blocks that users will use to build their apps seamlessly

## What they're looking for

- Strong full-stack experience with React, TypeScript, and Node.js: you’ve shipped production features end-to-end
- Strong sense of ownership: you’re autonomous and own features from start to finish
- Strong communicator: you write clearly, think rigorously, and can collaborate well within small teams
- Scrappy and execution-driven: you move fast, make pragmatic decisions, and care about results over process, bias for action is in your DNA
- Relentless builder mindset: you thrive under pressure, love solving hard problems, and make things happen with limited resources
- Multi-agent systems: you’ve designed or shipped multi-agent systems, AI-powered coding tools, LLM orchestration frameworks, or automated code workflows

Tags: Engineering